The yagô Narikomaya was created by the star Nakamura Utaemon IV, who preferred it to the usual Kagaya. This new yagô was related to a present made by Ichikawa Danjûrô IV to Nakamura Utaemon I when he was on tour in Edo: the Edo star gave to the Kamigata actor a beautiful costum decorated with a Chinese chess piece pattern (koma in Japanese). The yagô of Ichikawa Danjûrô IV was Naritaya. Narikomaya was therefore created using the ideograms koma and nari, the first ideogram of Naritaya.

Narikomaya is the guild name of the following contemporary actors: